CVE-2025-40538
CRITICALServ-U - Privilege Escalation
Title source: llmDescription
A broken access control vulnerability exists in Serv-U which when exploited, gives a malicious actor the ability to create a system admin user and execute arbitrary code as a privileged account via domain admin or group admin privileges. This issue requires administrative privileges to abuse. On Windows deployments, the risk is scored as a medium because services frequently run under less-privileged service accounts by default.
Scores
CVSS v3
9.1
EPSS
0.0004
EPSS Percentile
11.2%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Classification
CWE
CWE-269
Status
published
Affected Products (1)
solarwinds/serv-u
< 15.5.4
Timeline
Published
Feb 24, 2026
Tracked Since
Feb 24, 2026